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Charles Womack and every other Marine on the island were fully aware that they were headed for Japan after the fighting...

[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] The invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's Note...

James Bollich was on one of the first ships to take prisoners from the Philippines. The Japanese put 2,000 men into a...

Edward Bale saw most of his company's [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Corps Tank Battalion (medium)] casualties at...

Wanda Damberg got up to go to the bathroom one morning and saw a nun along the way [Annotator’s Note: Damberg was in...

Frederick Jenkins thought it was hard to get organized. He had a school teacher as his company commander during boot...

Alfred Anthony Alvarez was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents with Irish ancestry in April 1924. He joined the...

Philip Curran volunteered for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953]. He has often...

Charles Struble had basic training at Amarillo, Texas. Aircraft maintenance instructions were also provided there. Next...

George Mouton was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1926. He was young during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was shipped...

Elmer Koenig was interviewing teachers about why they were leaving. He taught in Los Angeles County [Annotator’s Note:...

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